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10-20-2010, 05:05 AM
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This Date in History - October 20th
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* 1548 The city of Nuestra Senora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace) was founded by Captain Alonso de Mendoza by appointment of the king of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V.
* 1740 Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
* 1781 Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
* 1803 The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
* 1818 The Convention of 1818 signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settled the Canada United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
* 1827 Battle of Navarino a combined Turkish and Egyptian armada is defeated by British, French, and Russian naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos, Greece.
* 1883 Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancσn, by which the Tarapacα province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
* 1910 The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
* 1935 The Long March ends.
* 1941 World War II: Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia are killed in the Kragujevac massacre.
* 1944 The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia
* 1944 Liquid natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.
* 1944 General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War.
* 1947 The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
* 1947 United States of America and Pakistan establish diplomatic relations for the first time.
* 1951 The "Johnny Bright Incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma
* 1952 Governor Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency in Kenya and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising, including Jomo Kenyatta, the future first President of Kenya.
* 1967 A purported bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin.
* 1968 Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
* 1970 Siad Barre declares Somalia a socialist state.
* 1971 The Nepal Stock Exchange collapses.
* 1973 "Saturday Night Massacre": President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
* 1973 The Sydney Opera House opens.
* 1976 The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
* 1977 A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines along with backup singer Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot.
* 1979 The John F. Kennedy library is opened in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1982 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
* 1984 The Monterey Bay Aquarium opens in Monterey Bay, California.
* 1991 The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.
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This Date in History - October 20th
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* 1548 The city of Nuestra Senora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace) was founded by Captain Alonso de Mendoza by appointment of the king of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V.
* 1740 Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
* 1781 Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
* 1803 The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
* 1818 The Convention of 1818 signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settled the Canada United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
* 1827 Battle of Navarino a combined Turkish and Egyptian armada is defeated by British, French, and Russian naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos, Greece.
* 1883 Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancσn, by which the Tarapacα province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
* 1910 The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
* 1935 The Long March ends.
* 1941 World War II: Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia are killed in the Kragujevac massacre.
* 1944 The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia
* 1944 Liquid natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.
* 1944 General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War.
* 1947 The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
* 1947 United States of America and Pakistan establish diplomatic relations for the first time.
* 1951 The "Johnny Bright Incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma
* 1952 Governor Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency in Kenya and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising, including Jomo Kenyatta, the future first President of Kenya.
* 1967 A purported bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin.
* 1968 Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
* 1970 Siad Barre declares Somalia a socialist state.
* 1971 The Nepal Stock Exchange collapses.
* 1973 "Saturday Night Massacre": President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
* 1973 The Sydney Opera House opens.
* 1976 The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
* 1977 A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines along with backup singer Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot.
* 1979 The John F. Kennedy library is opened in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1982 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
* 1984 The Monterey Bay Aquarium opens in Monterey Bay, California.
* 1991 The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.
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